Does PHP have an inverse of the date() function (other than strtotime())?
Is there a function that uses the date()
format to interpret a string?
echo date('s-i-H d:m:Y', 1304591364); // 34-29-17 05:05:2011
// Does this function exist?
echo inverse_date('s-i-H d:m:Y', '34-29-17 05:开发者_如何学运维05:2011'); // 1304591364
I know strtotime()
, but it’s failing me in most cases as I am not parsing English date formats.
I’m looking for a function that can dictate the format.
The real answer to this question the way I mean it is http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php
$date = date_create_from_format('j-M-Y', '15-Feb-2009');
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d'); // 2009-02-15
You would typically use strtotime
for that:
echo strtotime('2011-05-05 17:29:34');
From the manual:
strtotime — Parse about any English textual datetime description into a Unix timestamp
See valid date and time formats to be sure that the string you are passing in will be parsed correctly.
PHP 5.4+ will print 1359674625
echo date_create_from_format('j/n/Y G:i:s','1/2/2013 1:23:45')->getTimestamp();
The function mktime
seems to do what you want.
Check the help over at php.net:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.mktime.php
EDIT : indeed strtotime
may be more convenient for you, I did not know that function, glad to learn.
The accepted answer is right IMO, but you can also use the OO syntax: DateTime::createFromFormat
eg:
$dateTimeObject = \DateTime::createFromFormat('G:i', '9:30');
$dateTimeObject->format('H:i');
See http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php for formatting guides, and http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php for info on the method described above.
Yes you can use:
echo strtotime("2011-05-05 17:29:34");
Try this to reverse:
$x = '2013-09-15';
$x = implode('-', array_reverse(explode('-', $x)));
// now $x = '15-09-2013'
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